Japan PGA Match-Play Championship
{{Infobox golf tournament
| name = Japan PGA Match-Play Championship
| image =
| establishment = 1975
| course = Nidom Classic Course
| par = 72
| yardage = {{convert|6957|yd|m}}
| tour = Japan Golf Tour
| format = Match play
| purse = {{currency|80,000,000|JPY}}
| month_played = September
| final_year = 2003
| score = 8 and 7 Todd Hamilton (1994)
| final_champion = {{flagicon|USA}} Todd Hamilton
| map = Japan#Japan Hokkaido
| map_label = Nidom Classic Course
| map_caption = Location in Japan##Location in the Hokkaido Prefecture
| map_relief = yes
| map_label_position =
| map_size = 200
| coordinates = {{coord|42.718|141.654}}
}}
The Japan PGA Match-Play Championship was a professional match play golf tournament that was held in Japan from 1975 to 2003. It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour and held at a number of different courses throughout Japan.
Tournament hosts
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!Year(s)!!Host course!!Location | ||
1994–2003 | Nidom Classic Course | Tomakomai, Hokkaido |
1993 | Higashinomiya Country Club | Motegi, Tochigi |
1992 | Prestige Country Club | Tochigi, Tochigi |
1991 | Shinyo Country Club | Toki, Gifu |
1988–1990 | Green Academy Club | Shirakawa, Fukushima |
1983–1987 | Mito Golf Club | Mito, Ibaraki |
1975–1982 | Totsuka Country Club (West) | Yokohama, Kanagawa |
Winners
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!Year!!Winner!!Score!!Runner-up | |||
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2003 | {{flagicon|USA}} Todd Hamilton (2) | align="center" |3 and 2 | {{flagicon|NZL}} David Smail |
colspan=7 |Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup | |||
2002 | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Nobuhito Sato | align="center" |5 and 4 | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Tomohiro Kondo |
2001 | {{flagicon|USA}} Dean Wilson | align="center" |2 and 1 | {{flagicon|TWN}} Lin Keng-chi |
2000 | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Kaname Yokoo | align="center" |2 and 1 | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Toru Taniguchi |
1999 | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Mamo Osanai | align="center" |4 and 3 | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Toru Taniguchi |
1998 | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Katsunori Kuwabara | align="center" |38 holes | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Shinichi Yokota |
1997 | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Shigeki Maruyama | align="center" |3 and 2 | {{flagicon|USA}} Peter Teravainen |
1996 | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Nobuo Serizawa | align="center" |1 up | {{flagicon|USA}} Brandt Jobe |
1995 | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Katsuyoshi Tomori | align="center" |2 and 1 | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Shigeki Maruyama |
1994 | {{flagicon|USA}} Todd Hamilton | align="center" |8 and 7 | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Ikuo Shirahama |
1993 | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Yoshitaka Yamamoto | align="center" |3 and 2 | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Koichi Suzuki |
1992 | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Tsuneyuki Nakajima (3) | align="center" |3 and 1 | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Naomichi Ozaki |
colspan=7 |Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Unisys Cup | |||
1991 | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Satoshi Higashi | align="center" |2 up | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Tsuneyuki Nakajima |
1990 | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Naomichi Ozaki | align="center" |6 and 5 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Brian Jones |
1989 | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Masashi Ozaki | align="center" |3 and 2 | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Hiroshi Makino |
1988 | {{flagicon|USA}} David Ishii | align="center" |6 and 5 | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Noboru Sugai |
1987 | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Katsunari Takahashi (2) | align="center" | 37 holes | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Masashi Ozaki |
colspan=7 |Japan PGA Match-Play Championship | |||
1986 | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2) | align="center" |6 and 5 | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Keiichi Kobayashi |
1985 | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Katsunari Takahashi | align="center" |2 and 1 | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Akira Yabe |
1984 | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Tōru Nakamura | align="center" |4 and 3 | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Kouichi Inoue |
1983 | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Tsuneyuki Nakajima | align="center" | 38 holes | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Hideto Shigenobu |
1982 | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Isao Aoki (4) | align="center" |4 and 2 | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Yutaka Hagawa |
1981 | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Isao Aoki (3) | align="center" |38 holes | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Katsuji Hasegawa |
1980 | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Haruo Yasuda | align="center" |2 and 1 | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Tsuneyuki Nakajima |
1979 | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Isao Aoki (2) | align="center" |1 up | {{flagicon|TWN}} Hsieh Min-Nan |
1978 | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Isao Aoki | align="center" |2 and 1 | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Takahiro Takeyasu |
1977 | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Tadashi Kitta | align="center" |1 up | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Tōru Nakamura |
1976 | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Kazuo Yoshikawa | align="center" |2 and 1 | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Kikuo Arai |
1975 | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Takashi Murakami | align="center" |2 up | {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Namio Takasu |
External links
- [https://www.jgto.org/pc/TourChampionsEng.do?year=2003&tournaKbnCd=0&conferenceCd=22 Coverage on Japan Golf Tour's official site]
- [http://www.pga.or.jp/tour/sp/match2003/rekidai.html Japan PGA list of winners] {{in lang|ja}}
{{Former Japan Golf Tour Events}}
Category:Former Japan Golf Tour events
Category:Defunct golf tournaments in Japan
Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1975
Category:Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2003
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